The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has moved to postpone the Mainland Premier League matches after the country reported their first case of the coronavirus on Monday.
Without confirming the period of time, the top-flight will be suspended, the federation has stated they are acting following the directive by the government to ban meetings of more than 20 people.
“TFF can confirm we have postponed the Mainland league after the country experienced the first case of coronavirus on Monday,” read the statement from TFF signed by Media Officer Clifford Ndimbo.
“On top of that, TFF has also terminated the training of the national team Taifa Stars, who were in camp preparing for the Chan tournament to be staged in Cameroon.